Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Malmesbury

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

Cheap conveyancing in Malmesbury does not necessarily mean low quality - but the odds are stacked against you

Main reasons to use our service to help you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Malmesbury

  • 1 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Malmesbury is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 2 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Malmesbury will be conducted by a law firm on your bank authorised panel.
  • 3 You can gain comfort when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Malmesbury has a number to choose from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 4 Malmesbury conveyancers will be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 5 Property lawyer conveyancing firms have valuable personal links with Malmesbury selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Malmesbury since August 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Malmesbury

I just bought a flat at auction in Malmesbury. Conveyancing is required. What happens now?

Now that you are for all intents and purposes signed on the dotted line you should appoint a conveyancing practitioner quickly as you are faced with a tight a drop dead date to complete the purchase. All auction property will have a bespoke auction pack. This should include the copy title deeds, local authority and drainage searches. In the case of leasehold premises the conveyancing papers may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork relating to leasehold premises. You should hand this to the conveyancer working for you as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds organised to complete on the date specified in the contract.

Are all Malmesbury Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Lloyds conveyancing list of approved solicitors?

Some major banks and building societies now utilise CQS as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to remain on their panels.

We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Lloyds as we want to carry out a loft conversion to our property in Malmesbury. Do we need to select a nearby Malmesbury solicitor on the Lloyds conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?

Lloyds would not normally require a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Lloyds list.

I bought my apartment on 1 August and my personal details are still not on the land registry website. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Malmesbury advises it would be recorded in a couple of weeks. Are transfers in Malmesbury particularly slow to register?

As far as conveyancing in Malmesbury is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can adjust subject to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry communicate with any other persons or bodies. As of today approximately 80% of submission are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer hold-ups. Registration takes place after the purchaser is living at the premises thus 'speed' is not usually an essential issue but where there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers should contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Malmesbury. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a few leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Malmesbury

    Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in Malmesbury ahead of retaining lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor advised that some lenders tend not issue a loan on a flying freehold house.

It varies from the lender to lender. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Nationwide. If you contact us we can check via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Malmesbury. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Malmesbury especially if they are acquainted with such properties in Malmesbury.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Malmesbury. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and almost all are in Malmesbury - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Malmesbury - Sample of Questions you should consider before buying

    The prefered form of lease structure is a share of the freehold. In this arrangement the lessees have being in charge if their destiny and even though a managing agent is often employed where the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent employed by the leaseholders. Who takes charge for maintaining and repairing the building? What prohibitions exist in the Malmesbury Lease?

I have been searching for Malmesbury online conveyancing estimates. Can I be confident that all the Malmesbury law firms that are listed on your directory are on the bank conveyancing panel?

The law firms on our directory have assured us via an online form that they are on the lender panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the bank panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific Malmesbury conveyancing solicitor being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel is incorrect.

Last updated

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Malmesbury regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Malmesbury practicing in commercial conveyancing in Malmesbury. This will likely include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Richard T Bate & Co, 20 Market Place, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8DD

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Malmesbury?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding buying and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as Malmesbury. When instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you should:
  • Be supplied with an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Receive your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Have a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your individual needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a swift, objective and comprehensive service when if a complaint is registered about your conveyancing in Malmesbury.

Residential conveyancing in Malmesbury ordinarily entails the following:

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Examining the title to the premises
  • Carrying out Malmesbury searches for the title
  • Considering the draft contract pack and other documentation supplied by the seller’s lawyer
  • Submitting enquiries with the seller’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the purchase contract
  • Considering the replies provided by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if relevant)
  • Preparing and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the new ownership and the home loan (where relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.